UK kids engaging with selected online platforms weekly 2021, by gender

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
Dec 12, 2023
According to an online survey conducted in the United Kingdom in November 2021, 65 percent of children engaged with YouTube more than once in recent weeks. Therefore, YouTube was used more frequently by children than other popular online platforms, such as TikTok and Roblox. Furthermore, YouTube was used more by boys than it was by girls. Ranking in second place for boys was Minecraft, with 57 percent of boys saying they had played the online video game more than once in the last few weeks. In joint second place for girls were Roblox and TikTok, with 47 percent of respondents reporting engaging with the platforms multiple times per week.

Share of children in the United Kingdom who have played on selected online platforms multiple times per week as of November 2021, by gender

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Release date

November 2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November 2021

Number of respondents

1,033 respondents

Age group

6-17 years

Special properties

children who played multiple times per week

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Have you played on any of these more than once in the last few weeks?"
According to the source: "boys; 508, girls; 525"

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